Community leaders speaks out against SJPD’s use of force on unhouse man

Community leaders speaks out against SJPD’s use of force on unhouse man

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) --Cell phone video captured by neighbors of San Jose on police using force on an unhoused man continues to raise questions among residents and community leaders. Last Friday, it was seen that officers punched the man while he was on the ground. On Wednesday, KRON4 reported the NAACP is planning to file an additional complaint against the department for what they call a pattern of abuse amongst people of color. Attorney Mo…

Federal jury awards $30.5M to family of man shot, killed by KCSO deputy in 2020

A federal jury awarded $30.5 million this week to the family of a man who was shot and killed on Oct. 2, 2020, by a Kern County Sheriff's deputy in Mojave.

Family of man killed by deputies in Laguna Woods wins $5.8 million in case alleging wrongful death and civil rights violations

A federal jury recently recently awarded $5.8 million to the family of a man shot and killed by Orange County sheriff’s deputies during a 2018 confrontation at his home in the Laguna Woods retirement community, records show. Jurors who heard the civil rights case during a trial at the federal courthouse in Downtown Los Angeles determined last week that deputies were negligent in killing 65-year-old Paul Mono, a retired artist, cartoonist and scr…

LA Times’ Cartoonist’s Widow Speaks Out After Winning $6M in Use of Force Suit

The widow of a former Los Angeles Times ad executive and cartoonist fatally shot by Orange County sheriff’s deputies said Wednesday she hopes a $6 million verdict in federal court against the county will serve as a deterrent to excessive uses of force. A jury in federal court in Los Angeles last Wednesday awarded the verdict in favor of Susan Peck stemming from the fatal shooting of her legally blind 65-year-old husband, Paul Mono, on Feb. 6, 20…